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What Made You Decide That?

Todd Hassenfelt

What Made You Decide That? tries to bring a CPG operator perspective to how make more quality decisions with momentum. I pressure-test new ideas and challenge accepted thinking with a focus on what brands should actually do differently.

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While not as big as trying to guess Summer’s Amazon Prime Day event dates, the Fall’s Amazon Big Deal Days 2026 is still an important event for CPG Brands. With Summer’s Prime Day moved to June this year, there was some anticipation that Bi...

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What is the Amazon About You preferences and how it impacts the Amazon experience?

So a few of you have asked for more details on the Amazon About You preferences that are in Amazon based on mentions in 2 previous articles:

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Do You Want AI Making Your CPG Budget Decisions?

One AI changed the budget recommendations of four other AIs.

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Market Share Can be Lost In The Organizational Layers Between Signal And Decisions

August 17th article from The Intelligence Record:

Todd Hassenfelt, Chief Decision Officer at Firstmovr, on why competitive signals die below the C-suite and how tiered decision rights let teams act before threats land.

Most competitive su...

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